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CALDER GAME TABLE.

Patented Nov. 27;, 1883.

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, ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF cE.

GEORGE CALDER, OF MILL CREEK, UTAH TERRITORY.

GAME-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 289,217, dated November 27-, 1883.

Application filed August 2-2, 1883. (N0 model.)

To fill whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonen CALDER, of MillOreek, in the county of Salt Lake and Territory of Utah, have invented a new and Improved Game-Table, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved game which is played'with balls and cues in a manner similar to billiards, which game is to be known as Oaptus.

The invention consists in a platform pro vided with cushion-rails, having pockets atthe corners and at the ends and sides of the platform.

The invention also consists in a cue provided on one end with a cup, block, or plate having its free end surface made concave, so asto adapt it to fit closely against the surface of a ball.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying draw iugs, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view=of the platform of my improved game. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional elevation of the cup fastened on the end of. the cue.

A level platform, A, made of selected timher, is provided along the edges with a rail, B, to the inner sides of which a cushion, C, is fastened. The platform is provided with a pocket, D, at each corner, and with two pockets in each side rail, one pocket being arranged near each end. Each end rail or cross rail is provided with a pocket at' the middle, or with two pockets. Slight recesses E are formed in the platform, which recesses conduct the balls to the pockets. The platform can be made from ten to thirty feet long, and is to have a corresponding width about in the proportions shown. The balls are made of lignum-vitae or other suitable material, from three to six inches in diameter, according to the size of the platform. The one F consists of a strong rod, about three feet six inches or four feet long, and on one end of the rod a plate, block, or cup, G, of wood or other suitable material, is fastened, the cup having an enlarged end, G, provided with a concave surface fitting against the balls. In playing the game the concave surface of the cup is placed against the ball, whichis not struck with the cue, but is pushed by means of the same, and by having the concave end made so thatit fits well against the ball a very accurate shot can be made. Any number of players can participate in the game. vided in sets, each set playing from one end of the platform. The platform can be elevated from. six inches to two feet above the floor. The platform can beplaced indoors, or 011 a lawn, field, picnic-ground, &c.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A platform provided with cushion-rails and with pockets in the corners and in the side and end rails, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A-platform providedwith cushion-rails, and pockets at the corners, in the ends, and

in the side rails a short distance from each end i cave, substantially as herein shown and de-' scribed.

GEORGE CALDER. Witnesses:

()RSON CALDER, ISAAC R. WILSON.

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